Insurance Companies Pay the Price for HAIs
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Hospitals continually publicize their levels of quality and safety, but there is still a steady increase in occurrences and fatalities due to infections...
Canada Putting Up No Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
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A number of recent developments in the last three months have catapulted antimicrobial resistance onto the world stage. Many other countries, such as the...
Identifying the Enemy
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We are surrounded by tiny organisms all around us. To scientists, they are microorganisms, but the general public usually identifies them as “bugs.” To...
Basin Glove: Disposable Wash Basin Liner in the Prevention of HAIs
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Disclosure statement: The authors of this report and InfectionControl.tips declare no conflict of interest with the following critical evaluation and research. No funds or influence were...
Considerations When Choosing An Enhanced Disinfection System
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This article examines Ultraviolet light and Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor disinfection technologies.
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The hard surface environment has been linked to transmission of pathogens to patients. The risk of...
It’s not too Late (to Fight Back Against Infectious Diseases)
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat reaching pandemic levels. Bacterial infections that were once easily treated with the antibiotics are becoming resistant to not...
Antimicrobial Properties of Copper and Copper Alloys for Infection Control
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Over the past decade the development of additional disinfecting methods has become increasingly important to prevent hospital acquired infections as antibiotic drug resistance has...
Personal Protective Equipment Strikethrough: Risk or Rhetoric?
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The CBS investigative news program “60 Minutes” aired a segment called “Strikethrough: A Matter of Life, Death, and Litigation” on Sunday May 1, 2016....
Sequential UV-C and Thermal Decontamination for Reuse of N95 Face Masks during the COVID19...
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Cite as: Xiaobao et al (2020) Sequential UV-C and Thermal Decontamination for Reuse of N95 Face Masks during the COVID19 Pandemic. InfectionControl.tips. 5:1-9
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The Changing Face of Sepsis
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There are few infections that can result in death or lifelong impairment in mere hours. Sepsis is caused by an inflammatory response by the...
